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By mike ⋅ March 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Guns 101 for writers. Thank you internet.

By mike ⋅ October 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

At Salon: Charlies Dickens, the secret life of a literary giant. I’ve become rather obsessed with old Charles of late.

By mike ⋅ October 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When I received my edits back on my first manuscript, I was surprised how much I screwed up. Turns out I wasn’t alone.

By mike ⋅ October 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

New York magazine has a feature on Michael Lewis.

By mike ⋅ September 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Kurt Vonnegut explains the shape of stories. This redeems so much on YouTube.

By mike ⋅ August 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Book research: Adermatoglyphia is a rare condition where a person has no fingerprints. Like they say, you couldn’t make this stuff up.

By mike ⋅ July 19, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Weird writing habits of famous authors.

By mike ⋅ May 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Writers and their typewriters.

By mike ⋅ April 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Stephen King on the creative process and the state of fiction. I could listen to Uncle Stevie talk about this all day.

By mike ⋅ April 12, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

PBS Newshour has an interesting segment on the Iowa Writer’s Workshop turning 75 and the boom times writer’s workshops and MFAs in general.

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